Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide.
Summary
Student health and safety; responsibility to contact parent of student at imminent risk of suicide; provision of suicide prevention materials required. Requires any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education (the Board) and employed by a local school board who in the scope of his employment has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is at imminent risk of suicide to, in addition to contacting at least one of such student's parents to provide notice of the student's mental state, provide to the parent materials on suicide prevention that (i) shall include information on the requirements set forth in current law relating to the safe storage of firearms in the presence of minors and (ii) may include guidance on best practices and strategies for limiting a student's access to lethal means, including firearms and medications. The bill requires any such materials on suicide prevention to be selected in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board pursuant to applicable law and to include materials that have been pre-approved for such use by the Board.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 525 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content of HB 2055 regarding student suicide prevention and parental notification requirements remained unchanged from the enrolled version to the chaptered version. The primary differences are formatting and layout adjustments typical of the legislative publication process.
TECHNICAL
Added chapter number (Chapter 525) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to the official text. Removed session header formatting. Added spacing and line breaks throughout the document. No substantive policy changes were made to the actual legislative provisions.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 525 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2055ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Atoosa Reaser
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Jane Cohen
DDemocratic
Co
Marty Martinez
DDemocratic
Co
Michael Feggans
DDemocratic
Co
Nadarius Clark
DDemocratic
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